The long-term effects of training interventions on transfusion practice: a follow-up audit of red cell concentrate utilisation at Kimberley Hospital, South Africa.

This audit in chronically anaemic adult patients assesses whether red cell concentrate is transfused according to guidelines, and evaluates the impact of training interventions, compared with a similar audit conducted in 2010. Retrospectively, 25 transfusion episodes were audited for appropriateness, the investigation of anaemia, threshold achievement, wastage, and informed consent. After training interventions, a further 25 episodes were prospectively analysed.

Plasma cell leukaemia and HIV co-infection: profile of patients and experience at Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Plasma cell leukaemia (PCL) is a rare condition with high mortality. HIV-positive patients have a propensity to develop malignancy; however, the occurrence of PCL with HIV infection in South Africa has not been documented. We describe patients with PCL in Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and report two new cases of HIV infection concurrent with PCL.